Classical music... anyone?

Sirimono · **on:** April 15, 2008, 08:20:11 PM

I didn't know where to post it (Off-topic or other bands) but well I just regard other bands as "other music"

Are you into classical music too? If so who are your favourite composers and pieces of art?

I really adore The New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak and the 9th Symphony by Beethoven (by far my favourite *__* especially with the choir in the end)

On my school we had a very old-fashioned music teacher, who rather taught us everything about classical music than singing pop/rock songs with us (i've heard teachers do that at other schools...)
For a year we had the task to listen to at least one classical piece of music as homework. It was quite interesting, I think it gave me a lot...

You have to listen to classical music LOUDLY everything else doesn't work. I love live concerts, they're so boombastic

MillieQOF · **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2008, 08:35:09 PM

I've heard a lot but I can't name everything I've heard xD or associate them with a composer.

Mom fed me with classical music my whole childhood since it's said that it makes kids smarter XDD And our music teacher also thought it was important to teach us some about it, the knowledge of classical music seems like it's dying out so I think that's good.

kendofreak · **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2008, 08:53:47 PM

i love classical!! in fact i love most things from the romantic period!

my favourite piece at the moment is The Planets suite by Holst what a piece!

also symphonie fantastique by Berlioz!

Zwanster · **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2008, 09:00:34 PM

I love classical, Bach, Chopin and Beethoven (Moonlight Sonata *swoons*) are some of my favourites.

EDIT: Babak you beat me to expressing love for the Moonlight Sonata, damn you

kendofreak · **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2008, 09:29:08 PM

i can play the moon light sonata! its quite simple just soooo much passion which makes it very hard to replicate..

Hollywood · **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2008, 10:08:12 PM

Not into it... I respect it and have tried to get into it in the past, but so far I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've thought "I really feel like listening to classical right now".

I don't hate it, and if I'm in a store and it's playing over the speakers, I'm not bothered by it or anything (and I would WAY rather classical than jazz or R&B). But it's not really my thing.

Sander · **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2008, 10:36:26 PM

I love it!

Favorites atm, I guess, are Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto (the one Yoshiki used in his drum solo at TLL

), Ravel's Bolero, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Orff's O Fortuna and of course, Pachelbel's Canon in D Major...

And many more...

And of course, if you count in Yoshiki's work...

Anniversary is really good

kendofreak · **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2008, 10:43:23 PM

Quote from: "Babak"

Well... there's 3 parts (Adagio sostenuto, Allegretto, Presto agitato) of it. The first two aren't that hard. I can play most of the first one on piano too. But the third part...? :shock:

It's quite an interesting story around it. Beethoven wrote it for one of his students he fell in love with. As you can hear, it wasn't that much happiness in it
It's really interesting how each part represents the stages of love he went through.

the 3rd movement is quite difficult and still cant properly play it (been 2 years ive been trying! ) but getting there!

one thing i want to learn is Mozart Piano Concerto no 23 (k488) :shock:

hahha~

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYSnrATETaQ[/youtube]

kendofreak · **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2008, 10:45:22 PM

actually, just went to play the 3rd movement and just gave up!

TG · **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2008, 11:18:32 PM

I enjoy classical music sometimes i often recognise a lot of classical music from adverts etc. Its one of those things you recognise the melody instantly but can't name the composer or name of it.

Kihl · **Reply #10 on:** April 16, 2008, 12:53:50 PM

Well, Yoshiki got me interested in Rachmaninoff, and I like Rachmaninoff's other works as well, specifically the Piano Concerto No. 3 and as Hypno has stated, the one which Yoshiki used for his Drum Solo.

As for others...

Vivaldi's Four Seasons is great to listen too, Franz Liszt's Liebestraum and Hungarian Rhapsody are simply delectable. Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann Barcarolle without the choir is awesome.

And can't forget Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Air) is very good to sleep to.

As for Tchaikovsky... I love his Nutcracker's ballet, but the rest is...

I never really got into Mozart, Beethoven or Chopin.

RoseOfPain · **Reply #11 on:** April 17, 2008, 08:33:10 AM

not really into it, one of the few compositions I like is Vivaldi's Summer III Presto

Anna · **Reply #12 on:** April 17, 2008, 05:06:58 PM

I love classical music, especially Chopin. Beethoven is great, too - I love Pastoral Symphony.

hideisgod · **Reply #13 on:** June 16, 2008, 08:56:40 PM

Finally some more people who like classical!

I've got a couple of albums (I can't remember off the top of my head) but my absolute FAVORITE composer (other than Yoshiki) is Gershwin. I love An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue.

SarahAlex · **Reply #14 on:** June 16, 2008, 09:06:26 PM

I love classical music - but I listen to it only occasionally.

Do you, guys, like Smetana?

Sander · **Reply #15 on:** June 16, 2008, 11:23:57 PM

I have some Classical Music top 100 CD mp3s... It has Gershwins's Rhapsody in Blue... Love it

Anna · **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2008, 02:21:44 PM

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Do you, guys, like Smetana?

I do. :wink: But to be honest, I prefer Dvorak.

ferret · **Reply #17 on:** June 17, 2008, 02:30:34 PM

I used to make jokes of this kind in music class, they didn't get them

SarahAlex · **Reply #18 on:** June 17, 2008, 05:05:08 PM

Quote from: "Anna"

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Do you, guys, like Smetana?

I do. :wink: But to be honest, I prefer Dvorak.

They are both great... *proud patriot for one second*

leria83 · **Reply #19 on:** June 17, 2008, 05:42:44 PM

I listen to it every once in a while. But I could listen to Nobuo Uematsu all day. I love that man. So many emotions go through my head when I listen to his work.

Orbis · **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2008, 12:35:21 PM

I'm in a music academy, so of course I like classical, been playing many pieces... Anyone here likes Sibelius?

Sander · **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2008, 02:48:58 PM

We have singed many songs by Sibelius with our choir. He has quite a few good ones

alex · **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2008, 03:29:33 PM

I don't mind classical, but I think my music teacher in middle school ruined it a bit for me. She forced us to listen to classical every lesson for 6 years or something no matter whether we wanted to or not. I've started liking it a bit more lately though.

kendofreak · **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:45:13 PM

any Stravinsky fans?! how about Berlioz?!

Kysatohe · **Reply #24 on:** July 11, 2008, 03:22:27 PM

Quote from: "Sirimono"

You have to listen to classical music LOUDLY everything else doesn't work. I love live concerts, they're so boombastic

Well, my music is definitely metal/rock. But I also listen to classical music, especially film music that is classical, for example the music of "the Memoirs of a Geisha". I don't like the film (it's a typical hollywood movie), but the music is great ... who's suprised, John Williams allways compose great music. By the way: Apocalyptica do great classical music, too... well, it's not really classical, but the song "Path" of them is really great.

...am I strange? I think so or do you know a person who listen to e.g. Slayer AND sometimes classical T_T"?

Hurley · **Reply #25 on:** July 11, 2008, 04:21:45 PM

Quote from: "Kysatohe"

...am I strange? I think so or do you know a person who listen to e.g. Slayer AND sometimes classical T_T"?

No. I think it's strange/stupid if you limit yourself in to a certain style of music.

Sander · **Reply #26 on:** July 11, 2008, 04:53:44 PM

I love both metal and classical... And jpop

Lord Arioch · **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2008, 01:04:21 AM

I went through a bit of a classical phase a while back, can't really say I love it now, but I certainly prefer to listen to it than alot of other things. I generally prefer early baroque music (I love Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

), though by no means exclusively. Saint-Saëns and Dvorak are favourites as well.

Matilda in Oz · **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2008, 09:45:00 AM

I love Edvard Grieg. Listening to "Morning mood" always makes me happy.

MillieQOF · **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2008, 10:09:19 AM

Quote from: "Matilda in Oz"

I love Edvard Grieg. Listening to "Morning mood" always makes me happy.

The fact about Grieg having written a song called "Morning Wood" didn't seem right to me. Then I realized that's not what you wrote at all. xD

Classical music... anyone?

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Do you listen/like classical music?